In Colombia, the Genes Laboratory has been designated, since 2008, to perform, design and implement proficiency testing for all the interested laboratories.
The proficiency scaling was conducted subsequent to Hartig (2007) for a uni-dimensional model; it was not possible to implement proficiency scaling for a multi-dimensional model because of the relatively small number of items.
In 1998, the Italian National Institute of Health launched, in accordance with the World Health Organization and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, a project to implement proficiency testing; results from the first (1998 1999) and second surveys (2000) showed substantial improvement in the accuracy of drug-susceptibility testing in the network.
In Colombia, the Genes Laboratory has been designated, since 2008, to perform, design and implement the proficiency testing for all the interested laboratories.
This study will ultimately provide the scientific community with information on how to organize and implement an external proficiency program to evaluate longitudinally the performance of the participating laboratories and, therefore, fulfill the requirements of the GCLP guidelines for laboratories performing end-point IFN-γ ELISpot assay for clinical trials.
To meet this need, the NIH/NIAID and the Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium of the Cancer Research Institute collaborated to develop and implement a Luminex assay proficiency testing program as part of the NIH/NIAID-sponsored Externat Quality Assurance Program Oversight Laboratory (EQAPOL) at Duke University.
Kanal [ 24]showed that half-day training for non-laboratory staff such as midwives was a feasible way to provide sufficient proficiency to implement HIV testing.
Dr. Cousin implemented a cultural proficiency program to help parents, educators and school board members understand the school system's growing diversity.
Similar administration conditions and scoring procedures were implemented for our proficiency test, including specialized training for test administrators and raters.
The superordinate objective must be to implement validated test instruments with defined criterion-based proficiency levels in the form of an adaptive test design.
Respondents felt least proficient in Competency 3.4 "Implement a policy or program and/or take appropriate action to address a specific public health issue" with 35.3% scoring their proficiency as very good (26.5%) or outstanding (8.8%).
